Greetings, all, from MacExpo in Paris. Due to the lack of Wi-Fi in the keynote hall I wasn't able to repeat the live blogging extravaganza of last time, but Jack's done a great job of covering it live from South London :-)
No great shakes here - the laptops were expected, the wireless keyboard and mouse less so. The demo of the next iteration of Mac OSX - Panther - made it clear that's going to be a really lovely operating system, but we still didn't get a date for release - just that it would happen this year. Earlier than Longhorn, I suppose...
But there was no mention, as fellow music-loving Euros will note, of an iTunes music store for this side of the pond. There were rumours it was going to happen this month, but these have now been quashed. We quizzed Steve Jobs after the keynote, at a briefing for business press. He refused to be drawn on when the store might open here, saying only that "we're working on it" and that it "might" happen next year.
Looks like what music industry sources told me last month - about the store heading for a Spring 2004 launch - might be about right. Apple blames the labels, the labels blame Apple.
Meanwhile, I've filed a voice report for Guardian Unlimited - 'fraid you'll need the Real player to listen.
